Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: books
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Originally published online Sept 3, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Muse Blues by Melodie Yvonne Please allow me a moment to bend your earMy sick situation will soon be too clearAnd all of these moments I keep to myselfI’d not wish on enemies how I have…
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Originally published online August 21, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Locked Out by Melodie Yvonne Stupidly gory makes a good storybut might be a little too cornyTryin’ to watch thisAll the way through thisMy mind just keeps fading and wandering This smell is delicious I’m quite…
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Originally published online August 11, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Crazy I’m Free by Melodie Yvonne Please stop postin’ that photo of meYou’re never here talkin’I don’t wanna seethe way I was lookin’ when you was with meI’m lookin’ quite awfulWhy don’t you see? Please stop…
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Originally published online August 7, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here My Misery Loves Company by Melodie Yvonne I am taut skin over plastic and a heart encased in glassI’m about to shatter if this saving don’t come fastI am lost out in the cosmos and my…
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Originally published online July 27, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Never Stop and Beat That Clock by Melodie Yvonne Face is flush and deep I’m breathingLookin’ for a train to leave onJumpin’ off this crazy soap rideI’m so real these lies can’t hide I’m gonna keep…
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Originally published online July 27, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Cleithrophobia by Melodie Yvonne All I can hear in my headAre the words that great Shannon once saidand I can feel all of that fear“Get me outta here” inside my ear. I don’t know what I’m…
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Originally published online July 27, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Confined in Space by Melodie Yvonne Face is flushing, hard to breatheI’m waitin’, wantin’ to flee and leaveI’ve got these wings to jump and flyBut I’m stuck where I’m at and I don’t know why Feelin’…
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Originally published online July 23, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Senseless by Melodie Yvonne Listen to me fall apartOne tug, one string around my heartListen to me crumble down‘Round all this sadness I have found Watch me shrink and back awaySo you don’t see my slow…
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Originally published online July 21, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Take A Breath by Melodie Yvonne Just take a breath and finally say goodbyeLet me go don’t look me in the eyeTell me that you’ll finally set me freeAnd snap this tethered string from you to…
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Originally published online July 21, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here My Broke Apocalypse by Melodie Yvonne I turn up the musicI’m swimming in youSwimming in youWith devotion so trueUntil I wake upAnd realize againTime has run outYou left in the end Now it’s my brokeApocalypseMy eclipsed…
